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  • AETC command chief visits Team XL

    U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Chad Bickley, command chief for Air Education and Training Command, was welcomed by Team XL during an immersion visit Jan. 22, 2024.This was his first visit to the 47th Flying Training Wing since becoming the AETC command chief.

  • 97 AMW leaders induct new honorary commanders

    On January 24, 2024, 97th Air Mobility Wing leaders hosted an induction ceremony at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, where 28 members from southwest Oklahoma's community were welcomed into the wing's Honorary Commander Program.

  • Luke AFB hosts Military College and Career Workshop

    Jackie Collins, Arizona State University director of student recruitment, briefs at a military college & career workshop, Jan. 22, 2024, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The brief was available to military children and their parents. Events like this help increase quality of life, providing services

  • Go Blue, Stay Blue: Winkfield reports for duty

    Before Jimmel Winkfield, 97th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron deputy director, came to Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, to be an aircraft mechanic, he was Staff Sgt. Winkfield, an active-duty crew chief with six years of service to his country from 2009 until 2015.

  • Community leaders: students for a day

    The 17th Training Wing’s newly appointed honorary commanders attended a 17th Training Group immersion on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Jan. 12.

  • Chasing a dream: Master Sgt. Eric Emerson

    For U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Eric Emerson, joining the Air Force wasn't his initial plan. He had set his sights on a career in law enforcement with the San Angelo Police Department, but that dream was cut short after six months of training when he was told he wouldn’t be hired. In 14 years,